Collapsible hanger



L. 'W. TOWNSEND.

COLLAPSIBLE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1920.

1,346,922, Patented July 20, 1920.

UNITED STA res PATENT OFFICE...

LAYTON WATTON TOWNSEND, OF HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY 'AITCHISON CHILMAN, OF

HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

COLLAPSIBLE HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1920;

-App1ication filed January 22, 1920. Serial No. 353,238.

hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of myinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to hangers, and particularly to a hanger which maybe taken apart, making it very convenient for packing either for the traveler or for shipping purposes, and it consists of certain novel features and details of construction as will be more fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claim.

I will now describe my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which, Figure 1, is a side elevation showing the hanger assembled and ready for use. Figs. 2, 3, and 4, show the parts disconnected, and Fig. 5, is a detail view of the hook for holding the parts together when assembled as also means for supporting the hanger proper. I

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

A, represents the bottom or base section, B, and C, the side or supporting sections, and D, the hook for holding the parts together as also means for supporting the hanger.

As will be seen from the drawings, the base section A, is provided with two notches E, and E, in its lower edge, the purpose of which will be more fully described hereinafter, and the sides or supporting sections B, and C, are provided with elongated slots F, and F, at or near their lower ends,

and notches G, and G or near their up per ends.

In assembling my improved hanger, the

base section A, is inserted through the slots F, and F, of the side or supporting sections B, and C; the upper ends of the side or supporting sections being drawn together 'at the top ends where the notches G, and

Er, interlock with each other. The hook D, is then slipped around and over the ends of these pieces which holds them rigidly together and also provides means for supporting the hanger proper.

As will be seen, my hanger will be cheap to manufacture, being simple'm construction and easy to assemble. It is also very convenient for shipping purposes as many by hundreds of them can be packed within a very small space.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A collapsible hanger, comprising a bottom or base section which is provided with two notches at or near its lower ends, two side or supporting sections provided with elongated slots in one'end thereof for receiving and holding the base section, notches formed in the upper ends of said side or supporting sections which adapts them to interlock with each other, together with a hook which embraces the upper ends of. said sections for holding them rigidly together and forming means for supporting the hanger proper, all substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

LAYTON WATTON TOWNSEND.

Witnesses:

J. D. BEAsLnv, RITA DUNNE.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing 

